DZLB (1116 AM) is a college

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owned and operated by the

University of the Philippines Los Baños The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB; ), also referred to as UP Los Baños or colloquially as Elbi (), is a public research university primarily located in the towns of Los Baños and Bay in the province of Laguna, some 65 kilo ...

through its College of Development Communication. Its studio is located at the DZLB Broadcast Studio, 2nd Floor, College of Development Communication Building, UP Los Baños, Laguna. It is being used as an experimental radio station of the Department of Development Broadcasting and Telecommunication. Its programming includes music programs and request shows, informative segments and talk shows and School-on-air programs.

History

Radyo DZLB was established in 1964 by the

to provide educational programming to rural communities surrounding Los Baños. The station originally broadcast at 1200

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with a power of 250

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s. In 1978, the frequency was changed to 1116 kHz. DZLB won a KBP Golden Dove Award for Best AM Station in 1994 and a Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Educational Radio Program in 2010. In 2005, the station went inactive due to lack of equipment. Three years after, in October 2008, the station went back on-air with a more powerful transmitter & equipment. Since December 1 of the same year, DZLB broadcasts from 6:00AM to 12:00NN, Mondays to Sundays. Near the end of the first semester of Academic Year 2011-2012, construction for the station's new antenna tower began, causing the station to go off-air. On April 9, 2012, it went back on the air.

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College radio stations in the Philippines Community radio stations in the Philippines Radio stations established in 1964 University of the Philippines Los Baños DZLB {{coord missing, Philippines

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